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SUBMITTER: Sotiropoulos M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7817429 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sotiropoulos Marios M Brisebard Elise E Le Dudal Marine M Jouvion Gregory G Juchaux Marjorie M Crépin Delphine D Sebrie Catherine C Jourdain Laurene L Labiod Dalila D Lamirault Charlotte C Pouzoulet Frederic F Prezado Yolanda Y
Clinical and translational radiation oncology 20210108
Minibeam radiation therapy (MBRT) is a type of spatial fractionated radiotherapy that uses submillimetric beams. This work reports on a pilot study on normal tissue response and the increase of the lifespan of glioma-bearing rats when irradiated with a tabletop x-ray system. Our results show a significant widening of the therapeutic window for brain tumours treated with MBRT: an important proportion of long-term survivals (60%) coupled with a significant reduction of toxicity when compared with ...[more]